Archive for June, 2011

  • 20 Jun

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    Flash Player Download – All In One Solution

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    I think I have finally had it with all of these different types of video players. First off, for me, it is very irritating when a website or my browser asks me what program to use to play a video file. How should I know? My computer should know automatically. After all, it seems like every other day I am asked to do a Quick Time or Real Player update. Adobe Flash has even gotten into the weekly update game. The only one I do not see very often is Windows Media player, but they probably pack that into the periodic windows updates that commandeers my machine every now and then.

    Fortunately, I came across a website the other day that has solved all of this frustration in a single download. I downloaded this flash player that is able to play any format video within one program. No longer do I need to worry about Quick Time, Real Player or any other video program. This single program plays it all. this may not be nirvana, but it is one thing that I am gladly adding to my machine, if for no other reason than that I never again will have to do a Quick Time or Real Player update. Instead I am going to happily use this flash player and ignore all the others.

    For those of you that are cautious about downloads and think that the better known video players are better, let me tell you this is not just some ordinary player. This is a widely accepted open source free flash player that has been around for years. It is called the VLC flash player and it is reputable and coded well.. It also has over 300 different features that allow you to do any number of things from streaming straight to an HDTV or monitor to the ability for it to play corrupted video files. The features are plentiful and offer more options than I will ever need.

    You can do what you want, but I have already switched. Think of me the next time you are spending five minutes updating your 4 other video players.

  • 19 Jun

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    Filezilla Is Not Only The Best FTP, Its Free

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    Years ago there were many times when I found myself wanting to change a picture or edit a file that was on my company website. I was always studying it and endlessly pursuing improvements, but I hated having to pay the website design company for each and every change. I knew changes had to be easy to do, as simple as swapping out or editing and saving existing files, but I did not know exactly how to access the files.

    What I learned after some research, was that I needed a program called an FTP client. The FTP client is the program that accesses and transfers files between a base computer and a web hosting server. Apparently there are dozens of these available. In fact, even my web host company has one built into their control panel. I did not know how to use this function so I logged into their online chat support. The funny thing is, that the support technician suggested I not use their internal FTP client, but that I use the free FTP client known as Filezilla. He said it was very easy to use and that I would be able to use it on any web host, not just the one he worked for (GoDaddy).

    I then proceeded to install Filezilla and edit files at my convenience and without being charged by my web design company. As I became more and more involved in the actual coding of my website I realized that Filezilla was actually a very popular and powerful program. It was also very simple to use. I could transfer files at varied predetermined speeds depending on how my computer was using and allocating the total available bandwidth from my internet connection. I could also save the connection information from several web hosts in one single place making it easy to manage files for several sites hosted on different servers.

    The fact that Filezilla used a drag and drop way of selecting and moving files was only something I appreciated when I had to use a different FTP client one day, and found that I needed to type in file paths for each transferred file. That was not only amazingly tedious but also made it very easy to make critical mistakes. Filezilla has been my preferred FTP client for years now and I cannot recommend it enough to the beginner or even the most advanced programmer/coder. Of course, the advanced programmer/coder does not need my recommendation, they are most likely already using it.